Austrian narrow gauge on a sunny afternoon

Sorry to nitpick, but being an LGB fan I can't resist. The LGB line of Austrian narrow gauge is not meter gauge, but 760mm, or 2.5ft. Lgb prototypes of that gauge are still 1:22.5 to 1:24 scale, so they are effectively scaled to be meter gauge on the g gauge track.  LGB German prototypes are either meter gauge, like the Harz railway, or 760mm for most Saxon based lines. LGB Swiss stuff is pretty much all meter gauge.  Of course, being LGB they are all fun to run and great models! Well, now you know. 

Yes, your right, I just lump them into meter gauge, but it is the gauge you posted.  

Glenn Fresch posted:

Sorry to nitpick, but being an LGB fan I can't resist. The LGB line of Austrian narrow gauge is not meter gauge, but 760mm, or 2.5ft. Lgb prototypes of that gauge are still 1:22.5 to 1:24 scale, so they are effectively scaled to be meter gauge on the g gauge track.  LGB German prototypes are either meter gauge, like the Harz railway, or 760mm for most Saxon based lines. LGB Swiss stuff is pretty much all meter gauge.  Of course, being LGB they are all fun to run and great models! Well, now you know. 

If your going to nitpick most German narrow gauge that is not metre gauge is 750mm not 760mm , 760mm is the gauge mostly found in Austria.

Fun stuff there and good luck with it. How did you bring the wiring harness from the battery into the loco? Did you drill into the body and connect it where the track pickups would be or did you connect it to the two "coach lighting" jacks on the rear of the loco? Also is it using a RC voltage regulator or is it running 18v with DCC?

There is no RC or other voltage control, the battery is a 7.2vt, 5000mah Nimh RC car battery, fed thru an on/off switch to the coach lighting feeds on this model.  I removed the track skates and wheel pickups.  I also have a 2073d 0-6-2 that has the battery installed inside the boiler, and one of the 2-4-0 starter set engines that also has the battery installed inside the boiler.  The speed is perfect and they will run for 4-8 hours on one charge.  Just depends if I run it full to dead, or if I run it for an hour here and a couple hours there.  The little Stainz is to small for my normal onboard battery power, so I carry the battery in the car behind the engine.    Mike

Limey posted:

Glenn Fresch posted:

Sorry to nitpick, but being an LGB fan I can't resist. The LGB line of Austrian narrow gauge is not meter gauge, but 760mm, or 2.5ft. Lgb prototypes of that gauge are still 1:22.5 to 1:24 scale, so they are effectively scaled to be meter gauge on the g gauge track.  LGB German prototypes are either meter gauge, like the Harz railway, or 760mm for most Saxon based lines. LGB Swiss stuff is pretty much all meter gauge.  Of course, being LGB they are all fun to run and great models! Well, now you know. 

If your going to nitpick most German narrow gauge that is not metre gauge is 750mm not 760mm , 760mm is the gauge mostly found in Austria.

Any reason for the difference?

they are separate countries and developed railroads separately.    

760 mm is called the Bosnian gauge (Bosnische_Spurweite) and was first used in the Balkan countries. For military reasons in the whole Austrian Empire it was prescribed to use this gauge for NG railways.

In Germany many different gauges were used for the different areas (separate duchies, kingdoms in the empire): 1000mm, 900 mm, 784 mm, 750 mm, 600mm. In Germany the main still operating NG railways are the Harz railway (1000 mm) and the railways in Sachsen (750 mm).

The difference between 1000 mm and 750 mm is noticable, but between 760 and 750 you can't see (well I can't). Some videos I made:

Austria (760 mm):

Germany Harz (1000 mm):

Germany Sachsen and Harz (750 mm, from minute 2:30 1000 mm):

Regards

Fred

Glenn Fresch posted

If your going to nitpick most German narrow gauge that is not metre gauge is 750mm not 760mm , 760mm is the gauge mostly found in Austria.

Any reason for the difference?

Correct me if I'm mistaken, but I think the gauge differences were a holdover from the old Austro-Hungarian Empire, which included the Balkan states. Having a common gauge that wasn't seen outside your borders may have been a strategic thing too, like the narrow-gauge American trolley lines trying to keep the standard gauge railroads off the streets.

Pennsylvania went the other way with streetcars, the used 5 3 1/2 inches I think in Pittsburgh and Philly